Section 1
What was the name of the time after the Civil War
Reconstruction
What does "Reconstruction" mean?
To build again
The ___ _______ ________ used fear and violence to intimidate people.
Ku Klux Klan
List important information about Abraham Lincoln
President of the Union during the civil war that wanted the union to stay together.
During the last months of the Civil War, President ________ made plans to bring the country back together.
Abraham Lincoln
What did the confederate states have to repeal in order to be readmitted into the union.
Ordinance of Sessessions
What document lead to readmission of Alabama to the United States?
Constitution of 1868
List important information about Benjamin Sterling Turner
1st Alabama African American in the U.S. House of Representatives.
List the names of the three black men who served in the U.S. House of Representatives during reconstruction.
Ben Sterling Turner, Jeremiah Harrelson and JT Rapier
After the Civil War, former slaves were called _________.
Freedmen
Describe what a carpetbagger would do.
They came from the north with a bag made of carpet to help the south.
List important things about George Houston.
Against secession, became the governor after the war.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865?
John Wilkes Booth
During Reconstruction the southern states were placed under military rule to have _________ and ________ citizens work together to write a new ___________.
Black, White, Constitution
The 14th amendment gave freedmen full _________ as citizens.
She was a 33 year old 1st grader.
Approximately how many people were killed in the Civil War
600,000
What was the name of the government group that was established to help freed slaves?
Freedom Bureau
List important information about Andrew Johnson
U.S. President after Lincoln was assassinated.
what was the name given to the group of white southerners who worked with the military government to make sure the alabama state government was run as it should be
scalawags